President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the “Golden Age” of America had begun and that it was “back and open for business” while addressing business and political leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Trump, who joined the gathering via video from the White House, talked about declaring a national energy emergency as one of his first acts as president “to unlock the liquid gold under our feet and pave the way for rapid approvals of new energy infrastructure.”
“The United States has the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we’re going to use it,” he said.
He also said he was going to ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the cost of oil.
“If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine War would end immediately,” he said. “Right now, the price is high enough that that war will continue. You gotta bring down the oil price. You gotta end that war.”
The first day of the world leaders’ meeting on Monday coincided with the inauguration of Trump and the organizers were bracing for the president’s policies and their influence on the global economy.